Uselis

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Usellus is a town and commune in the province of Oristano.

[edit] History

A bronze tablet of 158 CE (a tabula patronatus, setting forth that M. Aristius Balbinus had accepted the position of patron of the town for himself and his heirs) speaks of the place as Colonia Julia Augusta Uselis. From this it would seem that it had become a colony under Augustus, were it not that Pliny the Elder (H.N. iii.85) asserts that Turris Libisonis was the only colony in Sardinia at his time. It may be that civic rights were obtained from Augustus (Mommsen in Corp. Inscr. Lat. x. p. 816).

The episcopal see was transferred to Ales in the 12th century.

[edit] Main sights

• The church of Santa Reparata.

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.